was given his own talk show, Wolff was chosen to serve as its bandleader and musical director. He met his wife, actress Polly Draper, when she appeared as a guest on the show. In 1995, he released Jumpstart! featuring Christian McBride and Tony Williams and in 1997 the trio released 2AM. Wolff was the leader of the jazz band 'Impure Thoughts' which features Indian tabla player Badal Roy, drummer Mike Clark, percussionist Frank Colón and electric bassist John B. Williams. He wrote music for the films Who's the Man?, The Tic Code, and Made up, as well as writing for and performing in other films. Wolff co-starred with his sons in The Naked Brothers Band television series on Nickelodeon, serving as the co-executive producer and music supervisor, which Draper created, executive produced, wrote, and directed. In addition, Wolff co-starred in and produced the music for The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, which later served as the pilot for the TV series. Wolff is on the faculty at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. In the 2010s, he formed the jazz-funk band called the 'Wolff & Clark Expedition', consisting of Wolff and Clark as band leaders, with Steve Wilson and Lenny Pickett as saxophonists, and James Genus as the bassist. Discography As leader 1993 Michael Wolff (Columbia) 1995 Jumpstart! (Jimco/Cabana) 1996 2 AM (Cabana) 1998 Portraiture: The Blues Period (Fuel 2000/Varèse Sarabande) 2000 The Tic Code Soundtrack (Razor & Tie) 2001 Impure Thoughts (Indianola) 2003 Intoxicate (Indianola) 2003 Christmas Moods (Artemis) 2003 Getting into Heaven 2004 Dangerous Vision (Artemis) 2005 Sexual Healing (3D) 2006 Love & Destruction (Wrong) 2007 Jazz, Jazz, Jazz (Wrong) 2009 Joe's Strut (Wrong) 2011 Detroit Dozen (Wrong) 2013 Wolff & Clark Expedition (Random Act) 2015 Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 (Random Act) 2019 Swirl (Sunnyside) As sideman With Cannonball Adderley 1975 Phenix (Fantasy) 1975 Volume One: Montreal 1975 (Essential Media Group) With David Axelrod 1993 Requiem The Holocaust (Liberty) 2003 The Big Country (Stateside) With Alex Foster 1997 Pool of Dreams (Truspace) With Tom Harrell 1975 Aurora (Adamo/Pinnacle) 1976 Bird Gets The Worm (Adamo/Pinnacle) With Dave Samuels 1998 Tjaderized (Verve) With Cal Tjader 1972 Live at Concerts by the Sea (Fantasy) 1999 Last Bolero in Berkeley (Fantasy) With Cal Tjader and Charlie Byrd 1973 Tambu (Fantasy) With Nancy Wilson 1979 Live in Munich 1991 With My Lover Beside Me (Columbia) With Warren Zevon 1995 Mutineer